COMMONWEALTH v. BJORKMAN


364 Mass. 297 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 715

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT J. BJORKMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr., for the defendant.

Alan Chapman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


TAURO, C.J.

The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole for the term of his natural life. The defendant appeals pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and argues fourteen of thirty-eight assignments of error.

The pertinent evidence is summarized. On May 28, 1970, the partly clothed body of one Ernest M. Hunt was...

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